The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-11-20
YALE TRIUMPHS In THE MUD.
N0BoDY ANYHHERE NEAR KILLED AT
THE GREAT EOOTBILL MATCH

Upaucnchable Volcano OF GoheEe Cheers
-Ninbie Priscetsn Unabie Z" stand
A,ninst tho Biue.ieesed v.'s-she Can't
Keep tho Champienship-scsre II to O.
In tho midst OF soaking rain, and on
ground that was literally aloat, the great foot
bnll match between tho Yale and Princeton
College teams was played at the Polo grounds
Yesterday The teams wero In good condition.
tho men wore flercely In earnest. and the gamo
was contested during every moment tho mon
wero on the field with vigor and stubbornness.
Such thunders OF applause from the specta-
tors and such clouds OF mud spray about the
players can only be heard and seen In nor
NAL intercollegiate game OF football. That the
Yale men we're too heavy for Princeton team
was apparent after the first twenty minutes OF
playing, and when Yale was finally declared
victor by scoro OF 10 to the result had been
40 long discounted that the hackers OF tho
Yale team were all but voiceless, and able,
from sheer exhaustion. due to overwrouGht
feelings, to carry not moro than one OF the
team from the field. AS matter OF fact. the
defeat OF the Princeton team was anticipated
As carly as Friday night. when Yale men at
both the Hoffman and Fifth Avenue hotels had
to give odds OF seven to five and five to four in
order to place their money.
TWAS remarked bv the spectators who be-
gan to gather on tho grounds soon aiter IL
O'Clock that eome kindly influence not fully
understood seemed to ordain that 1t should
always rain whenever there was great inter-
collegiate game OF football to be played. That
the influence was kindly was beyond dispute.
for the rain moistens the earth and makes soft
tho places wherein the players arc to dig their
noses and rest their aching forms while their
friends and enemies climb on top OF them and
pile upon them like log heap in a North
rlA ALL NJ nj mad Inv
began to rain very early in the day. and 1t con-
tinued to rain steadily until after the game
was ended. That the atmospheric conditions
we're not provided for the comfort of specta-
tors did not deter the lovers. of football from
fockinG to- the grounds: Yale men by the
baa' T Inc OF
ing as handsome sweethearts as ever saw q
football game prinsston men with nth sweet
n even NJ greater rss nambers The Yale crowd
sought the westerly wing of the grand stand
nnpreiudiced spectator looked up at the north
erly wing he was astonished to see how becom-
ing orange and black ribbons, can be and he
wondered how 1t happened that pretty girls
the dark. Blue Yale eli! is in the westerly wing.
ribSo o Of the eoiors Of their colleges in their
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lunch counters and made the walters and bar
fred Of on the Held and in the lunch room.
while OF to the north side, where long rows Of
Soa sd dT M
blasts through the mists and fog like the dis:
NAL walls Of sirens on, a leei shore. Until half
an hour or less before the game was called there
were very many more Princeton men about
than Yale men, but at that time the quota Of
Yale filled rapidly. and then began the vocal
overture to the game;
Ray Ray. Ray RAY, sis boom, tiger Princeton-n-nl
Eellsd half thousand orange men IN chorus
Instantly as many men with blue draped coats
and canes rose up and howled:
'Rah, 'Rah. 'Rah, Rah. 'Rah. 'Rah Y-a-l-ei
Then tho Princeton mob started in again.
nna wsTS Es ths fFop''0 0' lilo Lac
Ray Ray Rah-ayahsyaaagerah.
followed BY an indescribable blending Of the
college names. 1t was cheerful and earsplit-
for breath q Columbia students started
or thereabouts. Theirs was a musical shout,
and was listened to without interruption until
top Of their voices:
whorah. whorah, whorah COLUMBIA Yale
They were backing the Yankee team. AS
the last word broke on the air the Yale men
air IN Their shorts to drown the cry. BY and md
81 raw fog swallowed too freely and then ali
hands began tn JUMPING the floor Of the grand
stand with canes and umbrellas. They made
things rattle for few minutes. and away be-
yond the rows Of waiting vehicles to the north
and west Of the field were seen, two Fifth ave-
aapped d~ from flagstaff on mo one. and blue
banner from the other. They were recognized
as the coaches that were bringing the teams.
The college men shouted their cries and the
unprejudiced spectators good Yankee cheers,
until the teams had disappeared in their dress
Meantime active partisans of the two teams
MAJ y msa
Weather. but the Yale men would not listen to
Il was learned that Addison Graves one Of the
Yale half backs had early in the practice
BADLY that tho doctor told him he must stop,
BEGAN again. sad ~ iaSOrinE If r. riIFht, leg
could not play. and he didn't, Wertemburg
tho complexion Of her team. which was; ON the
whole light The rqsh line we're ere chiefly new
as yssr IN se
lege now. The half backs. Charming and
assn fh Ts ge and ID
tricks were 70 supply the lack Of beef. This
Whom. therefore, the morning dawned rainy
lost heart used to vet on
hard New England soil instead OF JERSEY mud,
but, when asked whether he would agree. to a
postponoment, Capt. Beecher smlingly winked
his loft eye and replied:
I'VE amt afraid of tho rain. Are you 2"
However. the arrival Of the reieree. ex-Capt.
Brooks Of Harvard, and Umpire Fisk. also q
Harvard man, put an end to the talk and the
game was ordered on. At exactly 1853 o'clock
the Princeton team sailed in Indian file into
the field from the southwest corner and began
shooting a leather sphere high into the air with
tho impulse Of kicks that came from legs as
powerful as catapults. They were cheered and
howled at by everything under the orange, and
when a couple OF minutes later the Yale men
followed from under the grand stand. the blue
shouters made the welkin ring. The Princeton
men wore pretty white suits OF canvas with
stockings striped with yellow and black. The
Yale men wore canvas suits. also, and their
logs were blue. Some OF tho men wore caps
and some were pareheaded, tho caps being OF
the college colors. Beecher wore cap. He
has worn 1t at every gamo he has played except
one. That was the ono following game at
Wesleyan College, where his cap was lost.
Hearing 1t was there. Beecher went back after
II. He says 1t Is his mascot, and that lie could
not make play now without 1t.
Finally at 205 o'clock the game was called
and tho men gathered for the toss. Referee
Brooks Tipped up piece Of silver and Prince
ton, won. The long way of the field lay east
and west, and the Princeton mon Fathered on
the east side Of tho centre line and tho Iales